Explanation
1. Background: The City has determined that the design and implementation of public improvements directly affect the public health, safety and welfare of citizens who are utilizing the streets, roadways and other public properties as well as the aesthetic character of the City. The City has also made a significant investment in the relocation and burial of previously existing overhead utilities lines in the Morse Road corridor as part of various roadway improvement projects completed within the area. As a result the Department of Public Service is recommending that City Council establish the “Morse Road Utility Corridor District” in order to protect the City’s investment and perpetually maintain the resulting aesthetic improvement of this roadway.
The Morse Road Utility Corridor District is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at the northeast Railroad Right-of-Way west of Sinclair Rd
Thence easterly to the Limited Access Right-of-Way of I-270
Thence southerly to the southwest corner of the Limited Access Right-of-Way of I-270
Thence westerly to the southeast corner Railroad Right-of-Way west of Sinclair
Thence northerly to the point of beginning.
Zone 1
All poles placed along the north side of the roadway shall be owned and operated by the City’s Department of Public Utilities. All poles placed along the south side of the roadway shall be owned and operated by American Electric Power, however; both agencies may place electrical circuits on either pole line. When construction of new utility facilities cannot be accommodated upon the existing wood poles they must be constructed underground or outside the Morse Road Right-of-Way,
Zone 2
When construction of new utility facilities cannot be accommodated upon the existing wood or metal poles facilities must be constructed underground or outside the Morse Road Right-of-Way,
Zone 3
When construction of new utility facilities; facilities shall not be permitted on existing metal poles f...
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